“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7
Faith means we are constantly speaking the hope, vision, dream, or picture of the Word of God over our current situations and realities.
2 Corinthians 4:17 — “…not moved by what we see” means
…not depressed by what we see,
not discouraged by what we see,
not giving up because of what we see.
One reason your speech is so important is because your whole body follows your tongue.
You uphold all things by the power of your word.
To walk by the Word, to create by the Word, to have Word results, we must:
- Get a picture of our calling, significance, salvation, and inheritance.
- Meditate on that image or superimpose that image over everything in life.
- Confess, speak, and declare that transformed, reformed, restored, Eden image constantly and over every circumstance in life.
- Wait patiently, steadfastly, and diligently for the negative to develop into the picture.
Walking by faith is walking by the Word. It demands that we have single vision, single focus—looking steadfastly at Jesus and who we’ve been made “in Him.”
Do we pray wrong?
Are we asking for success and things when we should be asking for knowledge, wisdom, and know-how?
Are not all things already credited to our account in Christ Jesus?
Are we begging God, entreating God to give us things that we already possess—by the Word, by divine promise?
When we ask, are we asking Him to release something into our account, or to put something in our account that is not already there?
Could this be the definition of vain repetition?
When I’ve given something to my children, the right response is for them to:
- Receive it
- Thank me for it
If we don’t see, trust, and fully believe in our inheritance, new nature, anointed identity, and power, we will ask in unbelief. We will ask begging, and without worthiness.